Hey guys, figure I'd give this a shot with you.
I've just had a short series pitch accepted by a small press comics magazine and the editor and I are putting out the feelers for the right artist to draw it up. The first arc is four six-page chapters and we'd like someone who can commit to drawing at least these four episodes. The strip will first appear in the magazine and then as a collected one-shot. Unfortunately there's no pay, but it's a neat French mag with lots of European distro.
The strip calls for a cartoony style. There are no humans anywhere in sight, so you've got to be good at drawing strange little creatures and wacky violence.
If you're interested, please contact me at locustsofdeath@googlemail.com. Thanks for taking the time to read my blurby-thing.
Locust
Good luck finding your artist.
I'm currently in a similar situation where an editor has agreed to publish an ongoing strip if I can find an artist.
Haven't had any luck so far though, which is frustrating since it is paid.
The sticking point seems to be with most guys I've chatted to, that both writer and artist would be paid a percentage of the profits from the magazine.
Hopefully my luck will improve before the editor loses interest.
LoD, you have my address.
Quote from: Pauul on 01 April, 2011, 12:57:11 AM
I'm currently in a similar situation where an editor has agreed to publish an ongoing strip if I can find an artist.
The editor hasn't asked me to go find an artist - I wanted to help out in the search, so to find someone I think is perfect for the project!
Well, my editor has said the same but I'm slightly more invested in the search. A lot of the project he's had submitted already have artists attached and not many solo artists seem to be submitting their samples to Flux.
And, like you said, I'm more likely to see in someones artistic style a match for the script.
Finding someone who is perfect for the project can be just as tough, perhaps even more so when you really want to see the strip get made and published.
Locusts (and/or Pauul) - if you think my style suits - and depending on the deadline, I'd be up for it ;)
Quote from: Pauul on 01 April, 2011, 12:57:11 AM
Good luck finding your artist.
I'm currently in a similar situation where an editor has agreed to publish an ongoing strip if I can find an artist.
Haven't had any luck so far though, which is frustrating since it is paid.
The sticking point seems to be with most guys I've chatted to, that both writer and artist would be paid a percentage of the profits from the magazine.
Hopefully my luck will improve before the editor loses interest.
Not sure, but you seem to be talking about two different things here.
Paid work means money up front - or, at least, on delivery of the work to the publisher. That's how 2000AD and other professional publishers work. Whether the thing makes money or not, the writer and artist still receive compension for the time and effort they've put into it.
What you seem to have here, though, is a back-end deal - a profit share offer - which is much more common with smaller indie publishers who can't afford to pay up front for commissioned work. It's not paid work, though, since no-one's being paid, and all you've got is a promise of any hypothetical profits IF the thing makes money. And, in indie comics, that can be a big if.
I sympathise with your plight. I've been putting some creator-owned projects together in the last year, and have been having some trouble finding professional. There's plenty I know and enjoy working with, but watch them run for the hills as soon as you mention it will probably have to be a back-end deal. Professionals want paid, and they want paid up front.
Not sure i can commit to the whole lot at the mo , Locust, but keep me in mind if u're having trouble finding someone
Cheers
Chi
QuoteIt's not paid work, though, since no-one's being paid, and all you've got is a promise of any hypothetical profits IF the thing makes money. And, in indie comics, that can be a big if.
To be honest, being actually published is a lot more interesting to me than getting paid. But yeah, you're right. It's a backend deal.
However I haven't been chatting to profesionals but people trying to break into the industry as well.
It's frustrating because I've found people to work on CLiNT submissions where there's only a slim chance of getting picked (and any pay) but with this, there's pretty much a guarantee of getting published and at least some pay.
Plus I've been really impressed with what the team at Flux has put together, they just launched at MegaCon and have gotten some good press (websites like Bleeding Cool wanting to do reviews).
I'm still waiting to hear back from some artists but like you said, it's tough. How did your creator-owned projects turn out?
Foxy, you may just be the perfect fellow for this one...
Chivo..I'm nearly done with "The Ballad of El Bigote Grande (the Big Mustache): Tequila-Drenched Reckoning"!!! With some effort on my part it should be in your in box veeeerrrrry soon!
Cool, sounds perfecto!!
Chi
Locusts - and the deadline? I'd be well up for drawing. I mean, I'm going to be drawing anyway ;)